David Bowie recruited some all-star talent for his latest music video, which features Marion Cotillard as a prostitute suffering from a severe case of stigmata and Gary Oldman as a less-than-pious bishop. Bowie himself stars as well, offering parlor entertainment in this church-run sex-for-money scheme.

We're told Bowie himself conceived of the treatment for the video, which was directed by Floria Sigismundi ("The Runaways"). It's a lush visual, and it's nice to see that the 66-year-old Bowie hasn't lost his edge.

"The Next Day" is the second video off the album which shares the same title. "Where Are We Now?" -- Bowie's comeback single -- debuted with its own video.

Bowie recently broke his long and very serious silence about the album by sending writer Rick Moody 42 word about the project.

David Bowie has released the third video from his album "The Next Day," writing, conceiving and starring in a clip for the album's title track.

Floria Sigismundi, the photographer and filmmaker who wrote and directed "The Runaways" and directed Justin Timberlake's "Mirrors," directed the Bowie film. She also directed the last Bowie video, "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)," which featured Tilda Swinton.

Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard, who won the Academy Award for her portrayal of Edith Piaf, co-star in the video, which takes place in a pub with a cast of characters straight out of Vatican City.

Oldman portrays a priest who at one point condemns the Christ-like Bowie, the frontman in the band playing at the bar. There's also a Cardinal handing out cash, a praying nun and a saintly character played by Cotillard.

Oldman and Bowie worked together previously on 1996's "Basquiat" with Bowie portraying Andy Warhol and Oldman in the role of fellow painter, Julian Schnabel. Both men sang on a 1995 solo album from Reeves Gabrels, a member of Bowie's Tin Machine, titled "The Sacred Squall of Now."

Marion Cotillard and Gary Oldman star in music video for David Bowie’s The Next Day

By Christopher Hooton Wednesday 8 May 2013 7:34 am

David Bowie has premiered a new music video for The Next Day, which is set in a pub-cum-church-cum-brothel and stars Marion Cotillard as a prostitute and Gary Oldman as a priest.

The Next Day is packed full of religious iconography and was written, conceived by and stars Bowie, with direction coming from Floria Sigismundi, who was also behind Justin Timberlake’s recent Mirrors video.

Bowie plays a Christ-like figure in the video, performing in the corner of the bar as various religious figures relent to sins of the flesh.

Oldman’s priest preys upon a smoulering Cotillard, who dances for him before suddenly suffering from a bad case of stigmata and bleeding all over the checkerboard floor.

The priest condemns Bowie at one point in the video, shouting: ‘You see this? This is your doing! You call yourself a prophet!’ as the singer is whipped by onlookers.

A cardinal is also seen handing out money to dancing girls, while a nun prays in a corner and a man practices self-flagellation.

The volatile clip ends rather more calmly, with Bowie saying: ‘Thank you Marion, thank you Gary, thank you everybody.’

Oldman and Bowie previously worked together on Basquiat in 1996, which saw Bowie play Andy Warhol, and sung a duet on a 1995 solo album from Reeves Gabrels called The Sacred Squall of Now.

The Next Day is Bowie’s third music video from his album of the same name and follows The Stars (Are Out Tonight) which starred Tilda Swinton and the surreal puppet video for Where Are We Now.

Cotillard! Oldman! Stigmata! The Thin White Messiah has truly surpassed himself this time with a deeply creepy new video from director Floria Sigismondi. Watch the new David Bowie video, the title track from his spectacular 24th studio album The Next Day set in a debauched priest's drinking hole.

He's never been afraid to shock when it comes to his previous work in the music industry.

But David Bowie's latest video for upcoming track, The Next Day, could be set to become one of his most controversial pieces to date.

Premiering the montage on his Vevo page, the video sees Bowie depicted as Christ, while Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard takes on the role of a prostitute suffering from stigmata.

The pair are joined by the legendary musician's long-time pal, actor Gary Oldman, who is seen as a preying priest.

Directed by acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Floria Sigismondi, who was at the helm of Justin Timberlake's recent Mirrors and Bowie's The Stars (Are Out Tonight), the video was conceived by the singer himself and looks set to shock with its theme of religious iconography.

Set in what appears to be a cross between a church and a brothel, the video opens with a fight between a man and a woman as Bowie, depicted as a Christ-like figure in a flowing Biblical-inspired smock, leads a veiled girl into the bar.

The musician then begins performing in the corner as a man practices self-flagellation, whipping himself on the back as he covers himself in blood.

Various religious figures are seen drinking at the bar, while a nun prays quietly and a cardinal hands out cash to a number of scantily-clad dancers.

Cotillard, dressed in just a skimpy black basque, positively smoulders as she sips a martini at the bar alongside a plethora of characters, including everyone from priests to crying brides as a plate of gruesome eyeballs are served up on a plate.

Oldman portrays a priest who takes a particular interest in the French star's character, sniffing around her as he leads her onto the dancefloor.

Within moments, Cotillard is swaying and sashaying seductively in time to the music as Oldman looks on in delight.

Wearing a slick of pillar-box red lipstick and sexy smokey eye make-up, the actress has the room entranced as she performs a series of sensual moves before dramatically dropping to her knees.

Recoiling in horror at what she is seeing, blood begins gushing out of the character's hands as she suffers from a case of stigmata.

Oldman shouts at Bowie, 'You see this? This is your doing! You call yourself a prophet!', as the singer is whipped by onlookers.

A scene of chaos erupts as Cotillard's blood splays all over the other characters and she falls into a pool of her own blood.

Calm is then restored with the prostitute is seemingly reborn, looking fresh-faced and innocent as she weeps silently while wearing a floral garland.

The video - shot at New York City's American Legion building - ends with Bowie simply saying: 'Thank you Marion, thank you Gary, thank you everybody.'

As the third comeback single, the video follows on from The Stars (Are Out Tonight), which saw Tilda play the 66-year-old star's fictional wife, whose world is torn apart by a menacing celebrity couple, played by androgynous models, Andrej Pejic and Saskia De Brau.

May 7, 2013 21:55David Bowie unveils new video for 'The Next Day' starring Gary OldmanThe film takes place in a pub with a cast and crew of religious characters

'The Next Day' is the third single to be taken from Bowie's current album of the same name. The video was directed by Floria Sigismundi - the photographer and filmmaker who directed Bowie's last video, 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)'. She also directed The Runaways and the video for Justin Timberlake's 'Mirrors'.

Alongside Oldman, Marion Cotillard - who won the Academy Award for her portrayal of Edith Piaf also stars in the promo, which takes place in a pub with a cast and crew of religious characters. Bowie plays a Christ-like figure, Oldman portrays a priest and Cotillard plays a saint-like character while a Cardinal hands out cash and a nun prays.

Bowie and Oldman previously joined forces in 1995, when they recorded a duet of Bowie's 'You've Been Around' for guitarist Reeves Gabrels' album 'The Sacred Squall Of Now'. They worked together again in 1996 on the Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic Basquiat with Bowie portraying Andy Warhol and Oldman in the role of fellow painter/

Oldman is the second actor friend Bowie has enlisted this year, following Tilda Swinton, who played his onscreen wife in the video for 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)', the second single from 'The Next Day', which was released in February.

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